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Me: --sings happy birthday to my friend—

My friend: yay!!

Me: and guess what I got you for a present!

My friend: um...idk...what?!

Me: open it!

My friend: --opens package and finds it empty—what the heck? –she looks up and sees me cradling Twilight in my arms

Me: --tries to look innocent—well...i was gonna give you Twilight...but I want it for myself...

My friend: Anna! Give me the fricken book! It's not like you own Twilight or anything!

Me: HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT!?!?! I AM APPALED!

Chapter 22

"I love you so much."

"I love you too, Edward," I replied.

He grinned down at me, and I leaned back into his chest. I faintly heard him whisper "Isabella Marie Cullen" before I fell asleep in his arms.

When I woke up and went into the kitchen for breakfast on Monday morning, I wasn't surprised to see Renee making me breakfast. She had done that every morning that she had been here. I think she felt that Charlie and I were underfed.

"Morning, sweetie," she said as I walked from the living room where I had been sleeping on the couch, into the kitchen.

"Morning Mom," I answered in reply. "What are you making?"

"Oh, just some French toast, scrambled eggs, and bacon. Your usual school morning breakfast from Phoenix," she said nonchalantly. I let out an inaudible groan, and then sat down at the table. Renee put my breakfast down on the table and sat down next to me. "Eat up!" she instructed happily. I grabbed a fork and stabbed a piece of French toast and put it on my plate. I began to cut if up into little pieces and then Charlie walked downstairs.

"Morning," he said hurriedly. "I'm late; sorry I can't stay and chat. I'll see you all later." He grabbed his gun and ran outside the door. A second later, he ran back in.

"Oh, and Bella, you're supposed to call Dr. Cullen, he wanted to make sure you cuts are healing ok. Now I better leave. Bye," he said as he rushed back out the door. I sighed. My stupid wolf-attack scars, the only thing anyone noticed about me these days.

Renee had told me that when she had first seen me at the airport, she was stunned. She hadn't said anything about it at the tie because she didn't want the first thing out of her mouth to be something rude about my looks. I was very thankful for that.

I could tell that she was worried about me, thought. We hadn't really had much time to talk about it when she first came on Friday because of all the chaos of Friday night. Alice making me her Barbie doll, dinner, Edward proposing...

But when I finally did get to talk to Renee about the whole thing on Saturday, she was very worried. I could tell that she was considering taking me back to Jacksonville so I would be safe from all the dangers of Forks.

Theres something I thought I would never say: dangers of Forks. Forks was probably the most un-dangerous place in the entire planet, except for the fact that there were vampires here. And werewolves nearby...

Ok, so maybe Forks wasn't the most un-dangerous place on the planet. But luckily I still managed to convince Renee that I would be fine, and that Edward would take good care of me when we were married. Then again, (but I didn't tell her this) when we got married, it would only be a few more days until I would be a vampire and more than capable of protecting myself.

"Bella, honey, you better get dressed. You don't want to be late," Renee said, interrupting my thoughts. I finished my breakfast quickly and ran up to my room to put on some clothes. As I walked back downstairs, I heard a knock on the door. I opened it to see Edward smiling down at me. I grinned back up at him.

"Good morning," he said pleasantly. "I was wondering if you would like a ride to school this morning."

"I would like that," I replied, giggling at his formal tone. I said goodbye to Renee, and Edward took my hand and lead me to his car. He kept a firm grip on his hand the whole time.

"So, how are you doing today?" he asked, still sounding very formal.

"I am very good, thank you. And how are you doing today?" I asked just as formal.

"I am going incredibly well," he replied, grinning.

"Well, that's good," I said. I looked over at him, and we made eye contact. I tilted my head to the side, and he raised his eyebrows. I twisted my lips into a seductive smirk, and he now tilted his head to the side. I raised my eyebrows at him, but very seductively instead of in a questioning way. Then he leaned his head towards me, as if he was leaning in to kiss me, but at the last second I turned my head away.

He looked stunned, but recovered quickly.

"You are such a tease," he muttered under his breath. I giggled and leaned to whisper in his ear.

"Stop the car," I whispered. He did as he was told, and then looked at me with a questioning look on his face. I put on my seductive smirk again, and put one hand on the side of his face.

"You know," I whispered, "we are to be married soon..." I trailed off suggestively.

He did that smoldering eye thing that always made me lose every bit of my concentration. I nearly fainted into his arms, but somehow I managed to stay semi-conscious.

"Yes, we are to be married soon," he replied, his voice a low whisper as well. "In four weeks, to be exact."

I nodded. Now our faces were only a centimeter apart. I knew I was going to say something more, but Edward made me forget because of his smoldering eyes.

Stupid, unfair, cheating vampire.

"Do you know what married people do?" Edward asked seductively. I looked into his gorgeous eyes, and suddenly what he said clicked into place.

"Edward Cullen!" I yelled, appalled, as I pulled away from him. He chuckled.

"I told you, Bella. I may be a 100 year old vampire, but I still have the mind of a 17 year old boy. And what do all 17 year old boys want...?" It was clearly a rhetorical question.

I looked away from him, disgusted. But as I felt the car move as began to drive to school, I couldn't help but smile. It made me smile to know that Edward wanted me that way. Even though it was a bit...creepy...that he was thinking those things...

As we arrived at school, I felt Edward's hand tighten around mine. "What is it?" I asked him. I followed his eyes to see who or what he was glaring at.

" Newton," he growled. I could see Mike looking at me from across the school grounds. As we made eye contact, he beckoned for me to go over to him. I unbuckled my seatbelt and reached to open my door, but Edward grabbed my hand.

"No," he said. I gave him a questioning look.

"Why not?" I asked. He didn't respond. "Edward? Why not?" I asked again.

"Just...no." That answer wasn't good enough for me.

"Let go of my hand! I said angrily. He didn't, and I began to yell. "Edward Cullen, you do not have control over me. I can do what I want. Now let go of me!" I ripped my hand out of his grip, opened the door, and jumped out of the car.

"Hey, Mike," I said as I approached him.

"Hey, Bella," he replied. "So, Bella, I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometime."

I looked at him, stunned. What an idiot! Did he not see Edward and I together all the time? Did he not understand that Edward and I are a happy couple? I mean, really! We are even engaged now!

"Um, Mike, I'm kinda going out with Edward..." I said.

"I know," he replied. I looked at him, even more stunned than before.

"Then, why would you think that I would go out with you?" I asked.

"Well, I didn't know if you guys were exclusive, or whatever." The weirdest part of this whole thing was that Mike was smiling. He didn't look the least bit embarrassed, and he didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with what he was asking me.

"Um, sorry Mike, but no thanks," I said. "Um, Edward is waiting for me, so, um, I'll see you later," I said as I waved goodbye to him. But as I did, he grabbed my hand.

It was my left hand.

Shoot.

He turned my hand around and looked at my ring finger. I saw his eyes widen when he saw the ring that I was wearing. He let go of my hand and fell backwards. Luckily, we were standing in front of a bench, so he landed on it.

"Bella...please don't tell me that...is that...are you..." he couldn't seem to get a full sentence out, but I got the basic jist of what he was asking.

"Um, yes, Mike, Edward and I are—"

"—we're engaged." I turned around to see Edward behind me. He wrapped his arms around my waist. I could tell by his expression that he was about ready to kill Mike for asking me out.

"You're what?" Mike asked, hoping that he misheard us.

"We're engaged," I said, holding up my hand again. Mike looked stunned.

"You're engaged? Bella, how could you even think of marrying this guy? After what he did to you!" Mike said, clearly about ready to explode.

"Well, Mike, its complicated..." I said.

"Well, no, its really not," Edward said. "Here's the basic story. I love Bella. She loves me. I left. I came back. We still loved each other. I asked her to marry me. She said yes. End of story."

Mike looked like he had just been punched in the face. "Uh...I...well..." he stuttered. Then, without any warning, he stood up and ran away from us.

I looked over at Edward, and he looked back at me. I sighed.

"This is going to be a long day..." I said

Yay! Mikes a FREAK! Hehehehe!

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